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Loretta Devine
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1999
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1999
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1999
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1999
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1998
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1998
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1995
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1992
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1992
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1991
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1991
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1991
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1990
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A Star Is Boring
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Breaking in Is Hard to Do
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Pilot
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This Hostess Ain't No Cupcake
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Lovers and Other Truckers
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1989
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1989
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1988
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1988
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If Chosen, I May Not Run
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Sometimes You Get the Bear, Sometimes the Bear Gets You
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Rudy and the Snow Queen
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1988
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1987
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1983
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1981
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One More Try
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Boston Public
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Chapter Seventy-Nine
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2012
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2012
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Gavin DeGraw/Vanessa Lachey/Loretta Devine/Bush
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2012
Watch What Happens: Live
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Episode #6.65
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2012
RuPaul's Drag Race
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Snatch Game
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2011
The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards
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2011
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2011
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2010-2011
Made in Hollywood
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Episode #6.26
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Episode #5.23
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2011
42nd NAACP Image Awards
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2011
Kiss and Tell: The History of Black Romance in Movie
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2011
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2011 Night of 100 Stars
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2010
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2009
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
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2009
Straight from the Horses Mouth
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2008
Infanity
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Eli Stone
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2008
Entertainment Tonight
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2007
Up Close with Carrie Keagan
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Episode dated 16 November 2007
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2007
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2006
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The Making of 'Dreamgirls'
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2005
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Episode #1.102
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2005
The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards
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Herself
2003
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Episode dated 4 November 2003
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2003
34th NAACP Image Awards
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2002
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2002
Headliners & Legends: Denzel Washington
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2002
The Script
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2001
Hollywood Squares
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Episode dated 21 December 2001
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Episode dated 20 December 2001
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Episode dated 19 December 2001
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Episode dated 18 December 2001
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Episode dated 17 December 2001
(2001) … Herself
2001
Iron Chef USA: Showdown in Las Vegas
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Herself - Judge
2000
2000 Essence Awards
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Herself
1999
30th NAACP Image Awards
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Herself
1998
Debra Duncan
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Working in the Movies
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1997
28th NAACP Image Awards
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Herself
1996
27th NAACP Image Awards
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Herself
1993
Intimate Portrait
(TV series documentary)
Herself
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Lela Rochon
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1988
The 42nd Annual Tony Awards
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Herself - Performer
1986
The Core of the Apple
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Herself - Singer
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Manhattan Afrodreams - sorte drømme
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1985
The 39th Annual Tony Awards
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Herself - Presenter & Performer
1982
The 36th Annual Tony Awards
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